Object Details
Creator
Society of African Missions
Lescuyer, Maurice
Collection Citation
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Printed text on recto reads: "15. Dahomey - Réjouissances à Porto-Novo; les échassiers."
Translated postcard caption reads: "Dahomey - Festivities in Porto-Novo; the stilt walkers."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Missions Africaines, 150, cours Gambetta, Lyon."
Printed text on verso reads: "Photoypie Mce Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon."
Manuscript on verso reads: "106."
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Local Numbers
EEPA DM-08-02
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Place
Africa
Benin
Topic
Dance
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
Provenance
Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000207633; 20100729 EEPA 2010-025.
Creator
Society of African Missions
Lescuyer, Maurice
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
Extent
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 13.5 cm.)
Date
[ca. 1930]
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 2010-025-0002
Type
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Collection Rights
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form
Picture postcards
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref3963
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EEPA.1985-014
EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087478-0